Shorty Spooner exposes the hatred, fear, and distrust of a nation torn apart by the racism, and reminds us of the white and black individuals who fought to put an end to discrimination. 

In the 1950s, racial dissension was at a boiling point and the United States was a miasma of hatred and misunderstanding between two races.  The White Citizens Councils and the Ku Klux Klan were enraged by the United States Supreme Court ruling that schools must be desegregated.  Alabama was one of the southern states that seethed with fury and is the setting for Blue’s novel.           

Shorty Spooner, born from a Creek Indian mother and a racist, violent father, discovers an unexpected

talent for leadership that pushes him to a path leading to the highest office in the country.  Stanley Gordon is a graduate student, and a Ku Klux Klan leader.  Bernard Riskman, a black, gay anarchist is down from New York to fight the cause of civil rights.  Count Nyame, a 100-year old wealthy West African is here to establish an Academy to train Presidents.  These very different lives intersect with startling consequences.   

Blue’s riveting fiction reads like an actual account of what transpired during those dark days.  His narrative expertly captures the mindset of four very different individuals and is the epitome of our country’s painful process of overcoming stereotypes and racial division.  This controversial and poignant tale, written with understanding and compassion, is a significant and social commentary that encapsulates the civil rights movement and how it forever changed the mindset and political climate of the United States of America.

 

About the Author

Max Blue has been a writer for over 70 years; Shorty Spooner is his eleventh book.  He lives with his wife, Liddy in New Jersey.  In 1956 Max was a graduate student in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn where he and Liddy experienced many of the events documented in Shorty Spooner.

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